What Do I Gotta Do?
Im 28 years old - I am a consultant in MA. I make 63k a year. No bonus, sub-par bennies. I have friends who work in similar (and different) fields who are raking in over 100k a year. The company I work for is small. Maybe that's why I haven't had the chance to move up. But im curious where you guys were at 28. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you guys

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Tell me about it - really goes to show you that titles mean nothing lol

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Gotta jump

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Leap of faith as they say

Run your own race! Don’t compare yourself

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you're right. i guess im just down in the dumps. ill be ok :)

At 28 I was an engineer and I just started an MBA. I was making about 100k all in and left for 210k. My advice is figure out what you want to do that will pay you where you want to be and work backwards from there. Maybe going back to school isn’t the right thing for you, but if you aren’t happy then change it.

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Thank you AlixParnters 1. I guess the first step is finding out what I want to do with my life... lol

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Definitely gotta jump, what type of consulting do you do?

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Managment/ Software - we have set standards for productivity, efficiency etc and help clients w/ improving on them

I would jump if the money thing bothers you a lot. But if it’s a great job and you’re happy then it doesn’t matter how much others are making

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Thank you

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